EMPIRE GAMES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 200, 7 August 1934, Page 7

EMPIRE GAMES

CRUMP SECOND IN HEAT Ryan Wins 1500 Free-Style LOVELOCK IN MILE FINAL (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received 7, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 6. A holiday crowd of 30,000 witnessed the second day of the Empire Games. The weather was overcast. Edwards, a negro, veteran Olympiad competitor, who ran fifth at the Empire Games in Canada,, at last gained an Empire title with a magnificent performance. I Ryan brilliantly turned tho tables on Pirie, swimming 20 seconds faster than in his heat. The Australian staved off Ririe’s determined challenge at the end without unduly hurrying his beautiful long stroke.

Noel Crump’s failure to steer a true course up the lane cost him first place in the third heat of the 100 yards. Even then the finish was so close that it seemed a dead-heat, but Larsen was given the verdict by two-fifths of a second. In the women’s 200 yards breaststroke, although Miss Dennis outclassed the field without being extended, she reduced Miss Eastern's English record by one and three-fifths seconds. J. E. Lovelock is among those who qualified for the mile final to-morrow. Others are Comes, Reeve and Wooder. son, all English, and Wade, Canada. Lovelock ran third in his heat, being content to qualify in slow time. Results of tho various events are as under: — ATHLETIC EVENTS 220 YARDS. Yates (Australia) won his heat in 22 2-ssecs. Dempsey (Australia) was second irf his heat to Murdoch (Scotland), whose time was 22 4-ssncs. Horsfall (Australia) failed to qualify in his heat, which was won by N. W. Theunissen (South Africa) in 22Jsees. First Semi-Final. A. W. Sweeney (England) .... 1 I. C. Young (England) 2 Nicks (Canada) 3 Time, 22 3-ssees. Dempsey was fourth. Second Semi-Final. N. W. Theunissen (S. Africa) 1 Rangeley (England) 2 Murdoch (Scotland) 3 Time, 22 ]-ssecs. Yates (Australia) was fourth. ■l4O YARDS. First Semi-Final. Rampling (England) 1 Fritz (Canada) 2 Roberts (England) 3 Time, 49 l-ssecs. Second Semi-Final. Stoneley (England) 1 Addison (Canada) 2 E. A. R. Hunter (Scotland) .. 3 Time, 49 l-ssecs. 880 YARDS. Final. Edwards (British Guiana) .... 1 Botha (South Africa) 2 Stothard (Scotland) 3 Time, 1.54 1-5. SIX MILES. Penny (England) 1 Rankino (Canada) 2 Furze (England) 3 Time, ulmins. 0 3-Jsecs. 120 YARDS HURDLES. Final. Finlay (England) 1 Worrall (Canada) 2 Pilbrow (England) 3 Time, 15 l-ssees. HIGH JUMP. Thacker (South Africa) 1 Haley (Canada) 2 Michie (Scotland) 3 All cleared 6 feet 3 inches and were placed in (hat order after a jump-off. Metcalfe (61't. 2ins.) was fourth. POLE VAULT. Apps (Canada) .1 Gilbert (Canada) 2 Both cleared 12 feet 6 ins., Apps winning the jump-off. Woodhouse (Australia), rejumping 12 feet, was third. His was probably the finest leap of the day, being at least two feet clear. SHOT PUTT. H. Hart (South Africa), 48ft. lijins : Howland (England), 44ft. 4jins Bridie (England), 44ft. Ojins. WOMEN’S 100 YARDS. Final. Miss Hiscock (England) 1 Miss Strike (Canada) 2 Miss Chalmers (England) .... ■' Time, 11 3-10 secs. WOMEN’S 880 YARDS. Miss Lunn (England) 1 Miss Butterfield (England) .. 2 Miss Furneaux (England) .... Time, 2.19 2-Jsecs. SWIMMING ■ MEN’S I.", i Y \ h’Ds FREE-STVI.I Final. A. 1111 "“I r.i >i-. I ! It. Pirie H'amuln. 2 ' Wainwright (England 3 ■ Time, Iffinins. 25 2-.ssi-cs. Won Ry j seconds, breaking the ri’.-nrd bv * 4 th YARDS FREESTYLE. The bent winners were: Wainwright fjmins. 25secs.) N. Rvan (5.11 4-5),

R. Pirie (5.33 2-5) aud Liebers (England, 5.34 4-5). MEN’S 100 YARDS BACKSTROKE. Final. Francis (Scotland) 1 Besford (England) 2 Gazell (Canada) 3 Time, Imiu. 6 l-ssees. WOMEN’S 100 YARDS BACKSTROKE. Final. Miss Harding (England) 1 Miss Hamilton (Scotland) .... 2 Miss Davies (Wales) 3 Timo, Imin. 13 4-ssecs. MEN’S 100 YARDS FREE-STYLE. Final. Burleigh (Canada) 1 Williams (England) 2 Larsen (Canada) 3 Sutton (England) won his heat. Crump (New Zealand), who was second to Larsen in 56 2-ssecs., also qualified. Clark (Australia), second to Williams, 56 4-ssecs., did not qualify. WOMEN’S 100 YARDS FREESTYLE. Final. Miss Dewar (Canada) 1 Miss I. Pirie (Canada) 2 Miss McDowell (Scotland) ... 3 Time, Imin. 3secs. MEN'S 200 YARDS BREASTSTROKE Final. Hamilton McCatty (Jamaica) 1 Puddy Higginson (Australia) 2 Time, 2mins. 42 2-ssecs, WOMEN’S 200 YARDS BREASTSTROKE. Miss Dennis (Australia) 1 Miss Haslam (Hinton) 3 Time, 2mins. Slsecs., beating the former English record by three seconds. WOMEN’S SPRINGBOARD DIVING. Miss Moss (Canada), 62.27pt5. 1 Miss Thompson (Australia), 60.49pts 2 Miss Ogilvie (Canada), 57pts. 3 Miss Larsen (England), 54.10 pts 4 MEN’S 800 YARDS RELAY FREESTYLE. Canada (Larsen, Hooper, Burleigh and Pirie), Bmins. 40 3- ] England (Sutton, Williams, Wainwright and Leavers), 8 mins. 52 4-ssecs. 2 WOMEN’S 400 YARDS RELAY, FREE-STYLE. Canada (Misses Dewar, Hubble. Hutton and Pirie), 4mins. 2 4- 1 South Africa (Misses Hayward, Ryde, Maskal and Russell) 4inins. 3 4-ssecs 2 BOWLING Bowling in rinks, Australia drew with Rhodesia, the score being 18 all. Australia were seven down on the first five ends. Thereafter they drew up to 7—9, then led 14 —10 at the fifteenth end. An exciting finishing resulted in Rhodesia tying when Australia seemed to have won by two points. In the singles Now Zealand (L. J. Keys) lost to Rhodesia B—2l, and also lost to Hongkong 9—21. In the rinks New Zealand (Grocott, Dillicar, Pollard and Carter) beat Rhodesia 20—16, and also beat Hongkong 18-16..